I'm proud to be Oakland's elected City Auditor, working for and reporting to the citizens of this incredible City.

As your City Auditor, it is my job to protect Oakland’s taxpayers from waste, fraud and mismanagement by ensuring responsible, transparent financial practices. I am your Watchdog, responding to citizen complaints while working proactively to increase City Hall efficiency.

BRENDA ROBERTS, CPA, CFE, CIA

City Auditor

Audit of Parking Citation Void Process

The audit found that the City of Oakland is foregoing a substantial amount of parking citation revenue and incurring unnecessary processing expenses due to a lack of management oversight, outdated policies and procedures, inadequate training of staff and underutilization of technology and equipment. Read the full report here.

Audit of OFD's Vegetation Inspection 2nd Follow-Up

The objective of this audit was to determine if substantive actions have been taken to close recommendations 1, 5 and 7 from the first follow-up of the initial 2013 Vegetation Inspection Audit Report. To read the full report, click here.

Audit of OPD 9-1-1 Call Operations

The objective was to evaluate the efficiency and timeliness of police emergency call answering. The audit found that calls were not answered within industry standards, Dispatcher and Operator positions remain unfilled, compensation is not competitive with local jurisdictions, staff performance appraisals were inconsistent, and recruiting, hiring and training took between 12 to 20 months. To read the full report click here.